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Rooney Mara in Discussions to Star as Mary Magdalene in Biopic – **SIGH**

Read about it at Variety.com.

The whitewashing just doesn’t stop. A biopic of Mary Magdalene is a huge and admirable undertaking. So much opportunity for better choices than this.

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@POTUS unveils $4.2 billion plan to teach kids computer science

LINK: Let’s Catch Up To The Rest Of The Planet

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Danny Perez, Sundance and his horror feature ‘Antibirth’

LINK: With Natasha Lyonne & Chloe Sevigny

#FutureofBlackHistory: 10 Amazing Afrofuturism Authors Every Blerd Should Know

Click here to read at b.l.e.r.d.s.

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Profile: The speculative fiction of Nnedi Okorafor

LINK: Scholar, educator, author, visionary

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Dreadcentral.com Reviews Rooster Teeth’s ‘Lazer Team,’ Brought To You By YouTube Red

Read at Dreadcentral.com.

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Takashi Miike’s Terra Formars Adaptation Hits Japan This April

Read at Dreadcentral.com.

#FutureofBlackHistory: How Women in Pop are Carrying the Mantle of Afrofuturism

Black to the Future With Janelle Monáe & More

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Fighting Whitewashed History With MIT’s Diversity Hackers

LINK: Check It Out

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#FutureofBlackHistoryMonth is Here at Dark Matters!

Dark Matters is mixing it up a little bit this year for Black History Month. Today through February 29 we’re bringing you a daily moment (or movement) of Afrofuturism for your enjoyment and edification.

Every day at noon, we’ll be posting about that wondrous, futuristic phenomenon of the African Diaspora as expressed in music, lit, visual art, activism, scholarship, essays, film, and more. We’re talking Parliament, Ytasha Womack, Janelle Monáe, Octavia Butler, and of course, Sun Ra in all his shiny glory.

Let us know of any Afrofuturism tidbits you’d like to share!